Chapter 656 - Journey
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The Elders seemed to be a bit scared of the chief's decision, but at the end of the day, they didn't had many options.
The village of the last Pastoralists began to move, they were packing all sorts of things, and began to grow more and more worried about their next course, the area forbidden to everybody, the place where the invisible barrier had emerged, which had many crushed trees, and an invisible entity laid dormant.
They were honestly scared, but after Kraxka convinced them that there was no other way, and that perhaps such a place could be their safe haven, the people wanted to trust him, especially because he had been healing people and gaining the trust of the lizardmen over a long period of time as he continued to heal people and cure them from diseases using his life magic.
He was the doctor of the entire village, and everyone respected him and saw him as someone that was deserving of praise and trust, so they put their hope and trust into him as he quickly led them across the swamps and jungles.
Leaving behind their homes and packing all things necessary, the Lizardmen moved their herds of sheep-like monsters that were their cattle animal, and continued to explore the jungle.
"Father, this was a bit too fast, don't you think? Just a day and you decided on moving on!" said Miminga, his daughter.
"I know, Miminga, but I fear the worst, we must hurry to that place. Despite everyone feeling that it is an eerie place…" he said. "My magic is telling me that it is a safe place that emanates an air that seems to be protective… the aura it has… it is something that might help us."
"I don't know if we should just trust your "feeling" in this one, but its not like anyone else is complaining…" she sighed. "I guess we'll have to see what we find there…"
"Trust your father a bit more, Miminga!" sighed her mother, as she petted her husband's shoulders and rubbed her snout over his own, something akin to a kiss for lizardmen, who had no lips to actually kiss.
"I trust you, Kraxka…" she said. "Let's go together."
"Dear… Yes… I want to see if that place could be safe." Said Kraxka, as he caressed his wife's scaled head, her scales were not hard, but slim and soft.
While coiling their tails with one another, they walked together, leading their people from behind, as Miminga ended walking at the side of her parents while seemingly filled with uncertainty…
While exploring the jungles and following the aura of this place, the large group of Lizardmen were suddenly attacked by wild monsters, a large band of Rank 1 Jungle Wolves, large brown and black-colored wolves that had slim bodies and small complexions, they were specialized in hunting large prey by working together, but also often decided to get easier prey out of their targets by separating the small children from their parents.
"Watch out!"
"Mom…!"
"D-Damn it! Defend the children!"
"Don't let them get closer!"
The lizardmen began to panic, but Kraxka quickly calmed them down and organized his group as he put his hands into the ground and used Life Magic!
"Plant Manipulation!"
T R U U U M…!
Suddenly, the vines all around the place began to move, and even the tree branches started to twist and turn! the Wild Wolves began to panic as they were caught in vines, while the branches of trees were sharp enough to pierce through their skin, killing those trapped by the vines.
"Awwooo!"
One of the leaders of the pack howled, quickly calling the rest of the pack, as those that managed to survive quickly escaped. There were also a few other dead wolves that the rest of the people managed to kill. A few children were wounded, as the wolves tried to grab them and push them away from the group, biting their wrists and arms, or even their legs.
Although lizardmen had hard scales, they hardened as they grew older, young children very often still had weak scales and they were quite slim, so they were covered in wounds and barely managing to stop the bleeding.
"C-Chief! There are a few children hurt!"
"I'm coming there!"
Kraxka moved towards the kids, as he quickly took out a small potion from his hand, which he had made from the alchemy magic his father taught to him when he was a child, mixing triturated mana cores, water, and some medicinal herbs produced a liquid capable of recovering mana. He drank a bit of it and recovered more of his mana, while calling his wife to help him with water magic.
"Water Ball!"
His wife quickly conjured a water ball, washing out the wounds of the children with clean water produced out of magic.
"Very well, this is going to hurt you a bit, but you have to endure it, alright?" said the chief.
The young lizardman boy nodded timidly.
"Then… Life Infusion, Hastened Recovery!"
FLAAAASH!
Life began to quickly pour out of Kraxka's body, flying inside of the boy's wounds and infusing their life into his open wounds. The cells quickly gained this life and began to work faster, self-dividing at a rapid pace which made the wound slowly begin to close itself naturally.
Hastened Recovery increased the speed of this process even more as well, making it a good combination with Life Infusion. However, conjuring two spells at the same time was quite tiring to his mind… nonetheless, he continued until it was a success… the wound was completely healed after that.
"Aghh… Hahh… Thank you chief." Said the little boy.
"Take care."
The chief quickly moved to the next children, and healed them all, ending up drinking an entire bottle of mana potion at the end, but he had managed to heal them all, however, his mind and body were exhausted, as he gasped for air and felt dizzy.
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